Cardinal Cupich and his sidekick Sakowicz

Cardinal Blase Cupich will talk for the first time back in Chicago about his thoughts on being elevated to the College of Cardinals. He’ll speak during an interview with the very Rev. Greg Sakowicz on Monday’s “Catholic Community of Faith” program on Relevant Radio 950 AM.

The 9 a.m. program will have him reflecting on “what the elevation to cardinal means for Chicago” and the universal church, says Sakowicz, a witty priest recently appointed by Cupich to be rector of Holy Name Cathedral.

Sakowicz’s homilies are known for their candor and humor. (His late father Sig Sakowicz was a Chicago broadcast legend.) Given Sakowicz and Cupich share a deep appreciation for a good joke, their on-air conversation should be entertaining.

Both men live in the church’s rectory and share many breakfasts together before going about their days.

When Sakowicz moved in to the rectory’s fifth-floor qaurters right above Cupich, the priest joked he’d be trying out for Riverdance and practicing in his living room in the evenings.

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